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The Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum

Norwalk River near Bridgeport, CT

River13.5 mi
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Around Norwalk River

Weir Farm National Historical Park1.3 miBurlingham House Visitor Center1.4 mi2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Norwalk River is a 13.5 mile river near The Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Connecticut. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Norwalk River at South Wilton, CT (site 01209700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1962 to 2026

Norwalk River typically runs highest in March, at a median 77 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,270 cfs, in 2007.

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Typical flow by month at Norwalk River at South Wilton, CT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January4927 to 83
February5334 to 82
March7750 to 128
April7046 to 117
May4529 to 79
June2113 to 44
July116.5 to 22
August8.94.8 to 18
September7.23.9 to 18
October146.6 to 35
November2815 to 57
December5025 to 95

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 64 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Norwalk River at South Wilton, CT (site 01209700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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